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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Best of 2011: My Messy Choice

Cooking has really become my favorite thing in life over the past year. I spend so much time on this blog (cutting into precious TV viewing) because I really do enjoy making (and eating) everything. After several hours of internal debate, I was able to narrow down this year's 75+ recipes to my own top ten. Hopefully, I'll be making these lists for years to come, so please let me know what some of your favorite recipes from this past year were in the comments so I can try them out (and get wonderful new posts for the new year).

Teaming up with some of the world's greatest sous chefs (like Maconda and Nancy) have made this a year to remember.

Now that you've seen the most viewed posts, here are some of my favorites from the year in cooking:

Pizza night with Erika and Bryan was the most magical of family traditions (especially when the pizzas resemble beloved childhood characters). The smoked gouda and vegetarian pepperoni pizza was my favorite so far. This also begins the first of many culinary Rorschach tests that give you readers a view into my mind.

One of the most insane nights of baking led to some of the tastiest treats ever as Nancy and I fought off exhaustion to achieve baking glory. You haven't lived until you've yelled at batter and called it stupid.

Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I practically reached the nirvana of the giant cookie sandwich from the film with these rich desserts that should be a staple of any good party.

I could have filled this list with the many amazing eats from my very vegan Christmas, but I singled out the comically large sandwich as my favorite. This truly proved that vegan cooking could be just as delicious as anything else. I'm just sad I left L.A. with a quarter of this sandwich still in the fridge.

The readers and I agree that this perfect starter is the best of the year. You'll never forget your first bite of this unorthodox dish when the sweet coconut jam, egg yolk and soy sauce come together to force your taste buds to think all other food is settling for less.

It's been a great year, and i hope to expand this blog some in the future with more consistent posting, more kitchen invasions and new features like Meatless Monday weekly vegan recipes.